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01 Record

CVE-2021-21686

File path filters in the agent-to-controller security subsystem of Jenkins 2.318 and earlier, LTS 2.303.2 and earlier do not canonicalize paths, allowing operations to follow symbolic links to outside

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: jenkins
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

File path filters in the agent-to-controller security subsystem of Jenkins 2.318 and earlier, LTS 2.303.2 and earlier do not canonicalize paths, allowing operations to follow symbolic links to outside

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 80.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-11-04 16:30Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 18:23Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-01-04
Assigning CNA
jenkins
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
60b6202d34f4513e5aa536b11c44002f533e4c8e7068b1c481334cb0702b97b4

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Jenkins projectJenkins<= 2.318, <= LTS 2.303.2—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • jenkins
    Fixed in 2.319-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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